Details of the February 20, 2020 Alberta Provincial Nominee Program (AINP) have recently been released. Alberta’s Express Entry PNP uses a Notification of Interest (NOI) system to apply for permanent residency nomination. During this draw, AINP invited 150 candidates with Comprehensive Ranking Scores (CRS) of 300. Unfortunately, not all candidates in the Express Entry pool [...]

Only a short two weeks after their last draw, the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) conducted their 85th historical draw, issuing 222 Letters of Advice to Apply (LAA’s) for Canadian Permanent Residency (CanadaPR). Applicants in the International Education Stream (IES), Skilled Workers in Manitoba (SWM) and Skilled Workers Overseas (SWO) all received LAA. Of the [...]

Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (“IRCC”) just released its “multi-year immigration plan” target levels for the next three years. The most exciting news is its plans for 2022, which were not previously available. With mid-level targets, Canada plans to offer permanent residency to 341,000 in 2020, and 351,000 in 2021. In 2022, the plan is [...]

On March 11, 2020, Ontario’s Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development, Monte McNaughton announced a shortage of skilled labour in the Province, calling for The Canadian Federal Government to increase its allocation of nominations for Skilled Workers. Under the Ontario Provincial Immigrant Nominee Program (“OINP”), under 7000 nominations are available. The Ministry has asked [...]

As the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread across multiple countries, many foreign nationals are unable to complete their Canadian immigration process as there are multiple travel restrictions across the Globe. As a result, the Canadian Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has implemented special measures to facilitate applicants who are unable to complete immigration processes. [...]

Exactly 2 weeks after their most recent draw, the Government of Canada announced their 138th Express Entry Draw on March 4, 2020, where 3900 Invitations to Apply (ITA) were issued. This was a significant drop from the last draw where 4500 ITA’s were issued. The minimum CRS increased slightly to 471. If you are ready [...]

The BC PNP issued 80 Invitations to Apply (ITA) on March 3, 2020 under the Tech Pilot to applicants with job offers in the 29 key technology occupations. Applicants had minimum scores of 90 under BC’s eligibility criteria. The BC PNP Tech Pilot is extended to June 2020. Although BC is experiencing significant labour shortage [...]

The SINP International Skilled Workers (ISW) conducted a draw on February 27, 2020. For this draw, EOI were issued to those with scores on 69 on Saskatchewan’s selection grid. A total of 576 applicants were chosen, with 301 from the Express Entry (EE) Pool and 275 from the Occupations in Demand (OID) pool. Both the [...]

The H-1B registration process has begun accepting applications as of March 1st at 12pm, which will run through to March 20, 2020. The H-1B category is the temporary worker path in the U.S. that allows Skilled Foreign nationals to remain in the U.S. and work for a period of 6 years. Unfortunately, this is an [...]

President Trump's proclamation expanding the travel ban (often referred to as the “Muslim Ban”) to nationals from Burma (Myanmar), Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Sudan, and Tanzania into the U.S. goes into effect on February 21, 2020. The travel ban has said to distinctively target predominately Muslim countries including Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen, but with the inclusion of Venezuela [...]